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Dancing at the club, my sociology advisor’s impact on my practice, stepping out of linear time with my favorite people, the Mnemosyne Atlas - some of the many things Caitlin and I chat about in what was a very enjoyable conversation regarding my show at Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami on view until April 18th
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@ninajohnsongallery by @oneflewup

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Being in conversation with @sofia.thieu makes my brain light up in countless ways. She wrote this stunner of an essay for The Tongue is the Child of the Heart opening at @ninajohnsongallery this Thursday.
“the heart becomes emblematic of a larger cosmology—one defined by continuity, interrelation, and enfolding”
If you get a chance, please take the time to read it and get on the mind/body reintegration train with us ~
Link in bio by @oneflewup

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I’ve long admired @topicalcream and it’s been a joy to work with @lyndsy_welgos & @elizabeth.wiet on this feature. Their platform for long form art criticism is so meaningful as an artist. Most of all thank you to @_h_mart_ who constantly amazes me with her rigor as a writer and editor and her heart as a wonderful friend - I love talking to you ! Link in bio for all things Immanent Infinite ♾️

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Hometown homie @ok__mccausland thank you for the amazing portrait taken in New York, New York by @oneflewup

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Thanks @nymag @thecut @verymuchso @emmabeiles NYC most eligible 😘😘😘 Repping @cfgny2 @lrcnyc.online ❤️‍🔥

@seiya_makeup @ryann.carter @aidanrodriguezz @natsumi_mua @lrpeoples @nono_elle_ @sofia_mareque @emmaoleck by @oneflewup

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🌿Natural dyes + history + discourse =

In partnership with @theschoolofmakingthinking and led by @oneflewup, this course looks at the social, political, and economic stories behind four dye materials: Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood), Isatis tinctoria (woad), cochineal, and kakishibu (persimmon tannin). Each week, students will dye fabric with one of these materials while tracing its history and the trade routes that spread it around the world.

This is just one of four of our Artist to Artist Workshops this fall. Designed and led by artists, these courses are ideal for anyone looking to build new skills, connect with like-minded people, and grow in an interactive, supportive environment.

🗓️September 28–October 29, Ages 18+ | Monday evenings
⭐Tuition Assistance is available!
🔗Register today at the link in bio taken in Abrons Arts Center by @oneflewup

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Megumi Shauna Arai’s "Patch Book 1," 2024, will be featured in "American Stories: Artists’ Books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives" at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Featuring more than 40 artists’ books, the exhibition explores American identity and experience through this inventive medium.

Held in the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, "Patch Book 1" brings together 40 pages of naturally dyed silk, linen, and cotton. "American Stories" opens October 8, 2026, with "Patch Book 1" on view from August 2027 through spring 2028.

Congratulations, Megumi!

Megumi Shauna Arai Patch Book 1, 2024 Silk, linen, and cotton, natural dyes 12 × 9 × 3 in.

Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum taken in Smithsonian Institution Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum by @oneflewup

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📣Announcing our Fall 2026 workshops, in partnership with @theschoolofmakingthinking! 📣

The goal of our partnership is to create innovative, field-influencing arts classes with practicing artists.
Courses include:

⚡ALL MY ANCESTORS ARE TRANSGENDER: HOW TO CREATE A CHOSEN FAMILY ARCHIVE with Kenny Shiloh Russell @kennyshilohrussell
⚡EXTRACTION, COLOR, TRADE: FABRIC DYEING WORKSHOP with Megumi Shauna Arai @oneflewup
⚡POP THAT @ THE EDGE OF THE WORLD with Joy Norton @afrogringa and Kiki Mills @deffokiara
⚡WITHOUT PERMISSION: PERFORMING IN THE STREETS with Gianfranco Reyes @gianfranco.____

Register today at the link in bio 🔗 Tuition Assistance is available!

#AbronsArtsCenter #LowerEastSide #SchoolOfMakingThinking by @oneflewup

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The Tongue is the Child of the Heart
reflection, 2025
Silk, water-based paint, cotton thread
36 x 60 inch

@ninajohnsongallery by @oneflewup

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Welcome back to Table Mates, where we’ve invited a stellar group of creatives to plan and execute their dream soirées among friends. This month, Sophie Lou Jacobsen (@sophieloujacobsen) and Megumi Shauna Arai (@oneflewup) host a lively dinner party where the fare is all fresh farmers market produce, and the only rule is “Arrive late, stay late.”

Photos by @jensteele Production @phil.backes Words @katesmcgregor by @oneflewup

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Today is the last day of my show The Tongue is the Child of the Heart at @ninajohnsongallery in Miami. This is a video walking through the gallery the morning after we finished install. Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the work and talked about the ideas with me - it’s such a privilege to connect with you in this way. by @oneflewup

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𝟱 / 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶: 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚

june 18 6.30-9pm
gathering at the artist’s home

for 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 at gmtc-golden monkey trading company 金猿商社, 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶 offers 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚.

hosted in the privacy of her home, 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶’s gathering centers the choreography between people, material, silence, space, and gesture. in seeking to imagine “a turbulent immanent field in which various materials collide, congeal, morph, evolve, and disintegrate,” drawing from Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things, the gathering unfolds through a sequence of actions in which edible matter is transformed into forms and movements that move hand in hand with the concerns arai carefully considers in her own studio practice. rather than seeking to restore wholeness, 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶 asks: how can one shift perception to be surprised by what they see?

𝗺𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗶 @oneflewup is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in new york city. she is interested in points of encounter, practices of embodiment, enfolding and unfolding aesthetics and the material and immaterial as interconnected.

graphic by hebin rachel shin @binvin.hrs by @oneflewup

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Celebrate with us tomorrow, April 16, as we make our debut at the Dallas Invitational. Visit us in Room 109 at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek through April 18, where we will be presenting works by Megumi Shauna Arai, Rob Davis, Elsa Hansen Oldham, Minjae Kim, Estefania Puerta, and Katie Stout.

Megumi Shauna Arai’s textile work centers on silk as a dynamic material—dyed, folded, stitched, and painted into a gestural composition that unfolds through movement and a quiet sense of energy.

Megumi Shauna Arai
Boundless and Windblown, 2024
Silk, linen, indigo, dye, silk paint and cotton thread
60 x 40 in. taken in Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek by @oneflewup

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